CertifiableInsomniac Press, 2009 - 172 sidor In these funny and twisted stories of American culture, David McGimpsey answers questions that have long demanded answer: What does a teacher of ''Elvisology'' teach? What kind of animal is McDonald's Grimace? Did Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman ever kiss each other? If Fonzie's leather jacket wrote letters OCo who would Fonzie's jacket write to? Are there other kinds of nog besides egg nog? Is it better to write for The New Yorker or to have ''developed scripts'' for LA Law? Is there a worse band name than ''The Agoraphobic Wilburys''? And, of course, what parts of the male anatomy best rhyme with ''Jesus''? ''You're certifiable!'' may be a charge a speaker in David McGimpsey's first collection of fiction has often heard but, luckily, the speaker usually mishears and thinks he's heard ''you sure are loveable!'' They are loveable. In a landscape of mini-malls, theme restaurants and weight-loss centers, the sadness of life's adult rewards leads to comic relief in these short, topical, American asides. This is perfect reading for college drop-outs as well as their less romantic cousins who stuck it out until they received a degree. The work bears all the hallmarks of McGimpsey's critically acclaimed poetry (sharp wit, pop savvy) OCo except, now, without the annoyance of poetry!" |
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Sida 14
... didn't turn out to be a better novelist . She had a tweedy image of me which was flattering but depressingly easy to dis- mantle . Two years after the divorce , not long after I had made one of the creative teams at H - R she phoned to ...
... didn't turn out to be a better novelist . She had a tweedy image of me which was flattering but depressingly easy to dis- mantle . Two years after the divorce , not long after I had made one of the creative teams at H - R she phoned to ...
Sida 16
... didn't read it , dude , get serious , but , yeah I think I gave it to this guy at Excellency in L.A. " ( Excellency was another idiotically named agency ) . " He said he was looking to develop stuff . Scripts . Can't remember his name ...
... didn't read it , dude , get serious , but , yeah I think I gave it to this guy at Excellency in L.A. " ( Excellency was another idiotically named agency ) . " He said he was looking to develop stuff . Scripts . Can't remember his name ...
Sida 17
... didn't have much of a case , my lawyer said , but my lawyer would say the people of Valdez , Alaska didn't have much of a case if Exxon was on the line . I left some sketched ideas , some copy and a promise to keep in touch with H - R ...
... didn't have much of a case , my lawyer said , but my lawyer would say the people of Valdez , Alaska didn't have much of a case if Exxon was on the line . I left some sketched ideas , some copy and a promise to keep in touch with H - R ...
Sida 27
... didn't matter if I answered a question with the phrase " uh , I don't know . " Anyways , I brought in Elvis's King Creole ( based on Harold Robbins's A Stone for Danny Fisher ) and it went over so well I kind of dispensed with the ...
... didn't matter if I answered a question with the phrase " uh , I don't know . " Anyways , I brought in Elvis's King Creole ( based on Harold Robbins's A Stone for Danny Fisher ) and it went over so well I kind of dispensed with the ...
Sida 29
... didn't he ask that kid what it was like to be the stupidest kid in the world ? Was it the gambler's need to lose big ? Or was it the way it should be ? Should I have , similarly , walked away from the academy the first time my thesis ...
... didn't he ask that kid what it was like to be the stupidest kid in the world ? Was it the gambler's need to lose big ? Or was it the way it should be ? Should I have , similarly , walked away from the academy the first time my thesis ...
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The Return of Grimace | 45 |
The Gospel According to St Matthew Introduced by Batman | 67 |
Bosola | 75 |
Christmas Lake | 83 |
Life With Neal | 91 |
Trial by Matlock? | 105 |
Street Noodles | 113 |
Keglomania | 125 |
Road Porn | 137 |
By the Same Author | 169 |
Acknowledgments | 171 |
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Sida 71 - Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
Sida 69 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Sida 27 - King Creole (based on Harold Robbins's A Stone for Danny Fisher) and...
Sida 139 - When I was a kid, my father would take me and my brothers out for a drive in the country — allegedly, just for a hot dog or a swim.